Mothers’ and fathers’ media parenting practices associated with young children’s screen-time: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Results of linear regression modeling using GEE investigating effects of media parenting practices and children’s weekend day screen-time

Parenting Practice	Parent	Child Screen Time Weekend
Parenting Practice	Parent	Adjusted estimate^a (95% CI)	P-value
Screen Time Modeling	Mother	\( \widehat{\upbeta} \) = 0.47 (−0.06, 0.10)	0.08
Screen Time Modeling	Father	\( \widehat{\upbeta} \) = −0.03 (− 0.77, 0.72)	0.94
Mealtime Screen use	Mother	\( \widehat{\upbeta} \) = 0.24 (−0.01, 0.50)	0.06
Mealtime Screen use	Father	\( \widehat{\upbeta} \) = 0.07 (−0.25, 0.38)	0.70
Screens to Control Behaviour	Mother	\( \widehat{\boldsymbol{\upbeta}} \) = 0.37 (0.12, 0.61)	< 0.01
Screens to Control Behaviour	Father	\( \widehat{\boldsymbol{\upbeta}} \) = 0.31 (0.04, 0.57)	0.02
Monitoring Screen Time	Mother	\( \widehat{\boldsymbol{\upbeta}} \) = −0.44 (−0.86, −0.01)	0.045
Monitoring Screen Time	Father	\( \widehat{\boldsymbol{\upbeta}} \) = −0.48 (−0.89, − 0.08)	0.02
Limiting Screen Time	Mother	\( \widehat{\boldsymbol{\upbeta}} \) = −0.41 (−0.72, − 0.10)	0.01
Limiting Screen Time	Father	\( \widehat{\boldsymbol{\upbeta}} \) = −0.58 (−1.02, − 0.13)	0.01
Weekend Screen Time	Mother	\( \widehat{\upbeta} \) = −0.12 (− 0.36, 0.12)	0.32
Weekend Screen Time	Father	\( \widehat{\upbeta} \) = 0.29 (−0.01, 0.59)	0.06

^aAdjusted for total number of children in the family, family income, child sex, and child age
Bolded values indicate significance

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